Similar words: scratch, matching, etching, itching, fetching, sketching, stretching, screeching. Meaning: [skrætʃ] 
n. a harsh noise made by scraping. adj. (of a pain) as if caused by scraping with nails or claws.
n. a harsh noise made by scraping. adj. (of a pain) as if caused by scraping with nails or claws. 151. In one famous case, the Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget had vivid memories of being kidnapped at age 2 in Paris, complete with the kidnappers scratching his nurse's face.
More similar words: scratch, matching, etching, itching, fetching, sketching, stretching, screeching, pitch in, scraping, aching, touching, teaching, poaching, lynching, slouching, bleaching, crouching, scorching, wrenching, unflinching, A stitch in time saves nine, patch, catch, latch, batch, match, watch, patchy, catcher.